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location and importance

former region of France lying on the eastern side of the Massif Central and included within the modern
département of Loire. The name is derived from that of
Feurs (Forum Segusiavorum in Roman times), a town midway between Roanne and Saint-Étienne, in an agriculturally rich area watered by the Loire River. The Forez counts of the Artaud family vied with the archbishops of...